http://jshd.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1783419Analysis of a Father’s Speech to his Language-Learning ChildThis study analyzed the speech of a father to his language-learning child. Father-to-child speech was taped daily over a two-week period when the child was three years old. Results indicated that declarative (35%) and interrogative (34%) sentences occurred most often. Smaller percentages of exclamatory (9%) and imperative (6%) sentences were ...1975-11-01T00:00:00Clinical ExchangeJill Giattino

This study analyzed the speech of a father to his language-learning child. Father-to-child speech was taped daily over a two-week period when the child was three years old. Results indicated that declarative (35%) and interrogative (34%) sentences occurred most often. Smaller percentages of exclamatory (9%) and imperative (6%) sentences were found. The father rarely repeated his own utterances and almost never expanded his daughter’s utterances. The child rarely immediately imitated her father’s utterances. Comparisons are made of aspects of father-to-child speech with mother-to-child speech as reported in previous investigations.

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